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Historical Event on 2/19/1996

Biennial elections to fill 39 Rajya Sabha seats in nine states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
2/2/1959Indira Gandhi was elected the president of the ruling Congress Executive Party. Thereby Congress spilt,and leftist formed Swantantra Party.
2/14/1999Fifth National Games inaugurated at Imphal.
11/21/1899Harekrushna Mahtab, freedom fighter, politician, industrialist and writer, was born at Agarpara district Balasore, Orissa.
6/10/1900Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.
9/16/1977Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
10/6/1927The first independent film processing laboratory, Atmanand Laboratory, was set up by Narayanrao alias Dhanjibhai K. Desai at Bombay.
10/15/1899Menka (Lady Lila Sokhi), famous Indian dancer, was born.
11/1/1913Ghadar Movement started at San Francisco.